Samuel C. Perkins (1828-1903) was responsible for the building of the Philadelphia City Hall. He also loved cats, and spent his evenings clipping newspaper articles about cats and compiling them in a scrapbook.
Read The History Project's article about how his scrapbook, compiled between 1880 and 1897, was found in Eria, PA, and the historical stories that are contained in it. In addition, learn how Perkins immortalized his own cats on the walls of the Philadelphia City Hall.
http://cat-o-pedia.org/ephemera-Perkins-scrapbook.html
http://cat-o-pedia.org/ephemera-Perkins-scrapbook.html
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